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Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead at age 46 from apparent drug overdose
Tribune wire reports February 2, 2014 NEW YORK—Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of the leading actors of his generation, who won an Academy Award for his title role in the film “Capote,” was found...
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Strong quake hits western Greek isle of Kefalonia
By ELENA BECATOROS February 3, 2014 Associated Press Photo courtesy greece.greekreporter.com ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude between 5.7 and 6.1 hit the western...
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Authorities launch manhunt after convicted murderer escapes Michigan prison
February 3, 2014 huffingtonpost.com Feb. 11, 2013: This photo provided by the Michigan Department ofCorrections shows Michael David Elliot. (AP/MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS) IONIA, Mich. (AP) —...
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HealthCare.gov can’t handle appeals of enrollment errors
By Amy Goldstein washingtonpost.com February 2, 2014 Tens of thousands of people who discovered that HealthCare.gov made mistakes as they were signing up for a health plan are confronting a new...
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Castaway claims he drifted 13 months in Pacific
By Brian Walker CNN February 3, 2014 Photo courtesy uk.news.yahoo.com (CNN) – A mysterious castaway claiming to have been lost at sea for 13 months is now safely back on land, but many questions remain...
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Investigation Finds Hospital, Sheriff Dept. Made Errors in Missing Patient Case
By GILLIAN MOHNEY abcnews.go.com Feb. 2, 2014 Lynne Spalding(Photo courtesy huffingtonpost.com) A state investigation has found that key errors were made by San Francisco General Hospital and the San...
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Prosecutors: Man tries to steal car but gets trapped inside garage
By Geoff Ziezulewicz chicagotribune.com February 2, 2014 Booking photo of Andre Bacon (Photo from Chicago Police Department) A Roseland, Illinois man was ordered held on $75,000 bail Sunday after he...
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BANK ROBBERY AT SIU CREDIT UNION IN CARBONDALE
JACKSON CO., Ill.–At approximately 4-4:30 p.m., at 1217 West Main Street, Carbondale a robbery occurred at the SIU Credit Union branch. Authorities are still on scene at the branch investigating the...
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Nightly NewsCap: Rounding up the headlines all the way from over the weekend...
Here’s Lyndi with our specialized Monday version of the Nightly NewsCap, for the weekend’s headlines as well as those for today, February 3, 2014! Topics covered include: SIU Credit Union robbery in...
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READ THE LEAD: How could anyone POSSIBLY have missed this…?
…and yet, they did. Including us. We’re talking about the front-page piece this month regarding a situation that happened a few years ago, revolving around West End Landfill. And we’re figuring no one...
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FORMER COP GETS PROBATION ON METH CHARGE
WILLIAMSON CO.—The former cop/baseball player whose headline cause panty-bunching for Marions’ police chief has received a slap on the wrist for a first-time meth felony in Williamson County…and well...
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ARRESTS MADE IN CONNECTION WITH SUMNER BABY BEATING MISCHARACTERIZED
LAWRENCE CO., Ill.—Published media reports about the beating of a baby in Sumner last week have mischaracterized the situation, according to files we viewed this morning. Local media outlets have two...
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READ THE LEAD: Taraism sinks to another record low
The bane of Hardin County has proven to be their prosecutor, who’s from a local family and was a shoe-in, but who has proven repeatedly to not be up to the challenge of representing the people of one...
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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES FAIR HOUSING LAWSUIT AGAINST OWNER AND MANAGERS OF...
WASHINGTON, D.C./EFFINGHAM, Ill. – The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the owner and those responsible for the management of a 126-space mobile home park in Effingham, Ill., for...
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BOIL ORDER IN GALATIA SERVICE AREA
SALINE CO., Ill.—Galatia, Prospect and Corinth water customers are under a boil water order. This order has been in effect for about the last 40 minutes (since about 11:40). As soon as the order is...
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Senate showdown vote set to extend unemployment benefits
Thomas Ferraro Reuters February 4, 2014 Photo courtesy politico.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday set up a showdown vote with Republicans on a new bill to extend long-term...
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INTERSTATE TRAFFIC CRASH SENDS ONE TO THE HOSPITAL
WAYNE CO., Ill.—An Evansville man was treated for injuries this morning after a rollover wreck on Interstate 64 this morning (Wednesday, February 5, 2014). Illinois State Police, who worked the...
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Man rescued from Lake Michigan after going after dog
Staff report chicagotribune.com February 4, 2014 Photo courtesy la2-www.chicagotribune.com A man in his 40s who went into Lake Michigan after one of three dogs he was walking was rescued near Montrose...
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Republican Sen. Thad Chochran is in trouble, and the GOP establishment is...
by TONY LEE breitbart.com February 4, 2014 A pro-Cochran super PAC associated with former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is already on the airwaves to define upstart conservative state Senator and...
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‘If it’s true, someone’s going to prison’: Serious allegations hit Oregon’s...
Jason Howerton Theblaze.com Feb. 4, 2014 Photo courtesy teaparty.org A former Republican lawmaker has contacted the FBI over allegations that Cover Oregon project managers misled the federal government...
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